An Assessment of the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertensive Crisis in Patients Who Visited the Emergency Outpatient Department (EOPD) at Adama Hospital Medical College, Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia: A 6-Month Prospective Study

Table 2

History of patients with hypertensive crisis presented to the EOPD at AHMC, Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia, from January 01 to August 31, 2021, G.C.

Variables		Frequency	Percentage
Previously known hypertensive patients	Yes	404	91.0
	No	40	9.0
	Total	444	100.0
Duration of being hypertensive	<1 year	45	10.1
	1–5 year	141	31.8
	5–10 year	155	34.9
	>10 year	67	15.1
	Newly diagnosed	36	8.1
	Total	444	100.0
Were you on follow-up?	Yes	234	52.7
	No	174	39.2
	Newly diagnosed	36	8.1
	Total	444	100.0
Were you adherent to the medications?	Yes	216	48.6
	No	192	43.2
	Newly diagnosed	36	8.1
	Total	444	100.0